finches – The Jersey Birder

It pays to shoot, even when in doubt

American goldfinch stretches its wings as it flies off from a muddy trail.

Morning broke foggy in my part of the world. A couple of days of heavy rain left us soggy and humid conditions. I dodged puddles as I headed up the central trail at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm this morning and spotted an American goldfinch ahead of me. It was poking in the wet dirtContinue reading “It pays to shoot, even when in doubt”